The TARDIS flies through a red Time Vortex; going forwards in time. Inside, the Doctor is using the sonic screwdriver on Martha's phone, while she stands nearby, watching. The Doctor begins to walk around the centre console, still working.

THE DOCTORThere we go!
Universal Roaming. Never have to worry about a signal again.

He throws the
phone back to Martha, who catches is one-handed. Indeed, the screen now displays
‘Universal Roaming Activated’. The Doctor begins to press buttons on the
console.

MARTHANo way! But it’s...
too mad! You’re telling me I can call anyone, anywhere in Space and Time on my
mobile?!

Martha begins to
dial. Suddenly the TARDIS jolts, throwing both the Doctor and Martha to the
floor. The monitor is now flashing red.

THE DOCTORDistress signal!
Locking on! (With his foot, he activates a switch on the console.) Might
be a bit of... (Another violent jolt sends them both flying again. Then, all is
still. The Doctor sits up)… Turbulence. Sorry! (He runs towards the
doors, while Martha is still finding her feet, looking annoyed) Come on
Martha! Let’s take a look!

Martha runs after
him. The TARDIS has landed in what looks to be an engine room, which is glowing
red from extreme heat. The TARDIS doors open, and the Doctor leans out.

THE DOCTOR(Looking at pieces
of equipment)Venting systems. Working at full
pelt. Trying to cool down… (He stands up straight again.) Uh, where-ever
it is we are. Well! If you can’t stand the heat… (He walks towards a
heavy-duty door, opens it, and walks through. Above the door is a sign, saying
‘Area 30’)Well, that’s better…

Three people, two
men and a woman, Captain McDonnell, come running towards him from the opposite
direction. They all look very hot.

RILEYOi! You two!

McDONNELLGet out of there!!!

RILEY (Pointing)
Seal that door! Now!

The Doctor looks
stunned and confused. The two men quickly seal the door, just after Martha steps
out.

McDONNELLWho are you? What are
you doing on my ship?

RILEYAre you police?

THE DOCTORWhy would we be
police?

MARTHAWe got your distress
signal.

THE DOCTORIf this is a ship,
why can’t I hear any engines?

McDONNELLIt went dead four
minutes ago.

SCANNELLSo maybe we should
stop chatting and get to engineering. Captain.

COMPUTERSecure closure
active.

McDONNELL(As a loud clang
sounds behind her, and she looks.) What?!

SCANNELLThe ship’s gone mad.

We see that yet
another person, a woman, is running down the corridor, this time with doors
slamming shut just behind her.

ERINAWho activated secure
closure? I nearly got locked in to area 27. (The closest door slams shut
locking them into area 29. Sounding puzzled) Who are you?

The Doctor goes
to answer, but Martha cuts him off. She sounds distracted.

MARTHAHe’s the Doctor and
I’m Martha. Hello.

She begins to
walk forward. It looks like she has been possessed.

COMPUTERImpact projection: 42
minutes.

Martha is heading
for a small window, that appears to have golden light shining in.

McDONNELLWe’ll get out of
this. I promise.

MARTHA(Shakily. She
continues to look hypnotised)Doctor…

THE DOCTORForty-two minutes
‘til what?

MARTHA (Almost screaming,
she presses her face up against the window)Doctor!!! Look.

The Doctor runs
over and looks out of the window with her. We see them from outside the
spaceship, a la ‘The Girl In The Fireplace’. The spaceship is extremely long and
thin, with a vertical shaft at one end. As the camera spins around, we see a
burning sun, too close to the ship for comfort. It appears that the ship is
hurtling towards it.

McDONNELL (V/O)Forty – two minutes
until we crash into the sun.

OPENING CREDITS

David Tennant
Freema Agyeman

DOCTOR WHO

"42"
by Chris Chibnall

PRODUCER
Phil Collinson

DIRECTOR
Greame Harper

The Doctor runs
away from the window, over to McDonnell, and grabs her arm. He sounds panicky

THE DOCTORHow many crew members
on board?

McDONNELLSeven, including us.

SCANNELLWe transport cargo
across the galaxy. Everything’s automated. We just keep the ship…

THE DOCTOR (runs back towards
the door where he came from.)Call the others,
I’ll get you out!

He goes to open
the door. The crew members rush to stop him.

RILEYWhat’s he doing?!

McDONNELLNo! Don’t!

But it is too
late. The Doctor has opened the door. It has become so hot in area 30, the pure
force knocks the Doctor backwards and off his feet. He yells as he falls. Martha
automatically comes to his aid, but he’s alright. One of the crew members shuts
the door, dressed in breathing apparatus, whilst the others crowd round the
Doctor.

THE DOCTORBut my ship’s in
there!

RILEYIn the vent chamber?

The Crew member
who shut the door takes their breathing apparatus off. It is the female crew
member. She stands beside the door, and reads off of the gauges there.

THE DOCTORIt’s our lifeboat!

SCANNELLIt’s lava.

ERINAThe temperature’s
going mad in there! Up 3000 degrees in ten seconds, and still rising.

RILEYChannelling the air.
The closer we get to the sun, the hotter that room’s gonna get.

MARTHA(with contempt)
We’re stuck here.

THE DOCTORSo? We fix the
engines, we steer the ship away from the Sun! Simple! Engineering down
here, is it?! (He begins running down a corridor)

The computer
readout showing the time until Solar Impact is shown. It is counting down. At
the moment, it reads 00.40.26

COMPUTERImpact in 40.26.

The Doctor,
followed by McDonnell and the rest of the crew run down a set of stairs. The
Doctor stops suddenly, bemused.

THE DOCTORBlimey! Do you always
leave things in such a mess?

McDONNELLOh my god!

SCANNELLWhat the hell
happened?!

They all walk
over to what looks like a completely wrecked engine. Wires, springs and casing
are all over the place, all steaming. They all walk round the piece of
machinery, surveying the damage

RILEYOh, it’s wrecked.

THE DOCTORPretty efficiently
too. Someone knew what they were doing.

The Doctor
wanders over to a computer terminal, attached to the wreckage

McDONNELL (looking round)
Where’s Korwin? Has anyone heard from him or
Ashton?

SCANNELLNo.

MARTHAYou mean someone did
this on purpose?

McDonnell runs
over to an intercom system)

McDONNELLKorwin? Ashton? Where
are you? (No response) Korwin, can you answer?! (Still no answer.
McDonnell leaves the intercom) Where the hell is he? He should be up here!

The Doctor has be
scanning to find out where they are. Behind him, the crew are rushing about,
trying to find Korwin, and trying to repair the ship.

THE DOCTOR
(happily, with
specs on) Oh! We’re in the Torajji system! Lovely!
(The screen readout shows a system of planets, circling a huge sun.)
You’re a long way from home, Martha. Half a universe away.

(He leaves the
terminal)

MARTHA(sarcastically)
Yeah. Feels it.

THE DOCTOR (to McDonnell)
And, you’re still using energy scoops for fusion?
Hasn’t that been outlawed yet?

The crew look at
each other, guiltily)

McDONNELL (dismissively)We’re due to upgrade next docking. (She walks
away from the Doctor) Scannell, engine report.

Scannell walks
over to the computer terminal the Doctor was at before. He scans, with everyone
looking anxiously over his shoulder. The machine beeps several times.

SCANNELLNo response (He
runs over to the wrecked engine)

McDONNELLWhat?!

SCANNELL(Examining pieces
of wire protruding from the wreck) They’re burnt
out. The controls are wrecked. I can’t get them back online.

THE DOCTOR (Taking command)
Then what’re you waiting for Riley Vashti, get on
it.

RILEYWell, it’s a
two-person job (He goes and fetched what looks to be a huge magnetic clamp,
and a huge backpack)One, it takes to answer the questions, and the other to
carry this. (Putting the kit on his back) The oldest and cheapest
security system around, eh captain?

She turns, and
follows Riley away. Suddenly, a male voice comes over the intercom

ASHTON (over comm.)McDonnell? It’s
Ashton.

McDonnell runs
back over to the intercom panel

McDONNELLWhere are you? Is
Korwin with you?

ASHTON (deadly serious)Get up to the med-centre NOW!

McDonnell leaves
the intercom and runs. The Doctor follows her. Outside the engine room, Martha
and Riley are just setting up for their attempt at opening the doors, as
McDonnell and the Doctor run past. The computer screen showing the countdown is
shown again. This time reading ‘Solar Impact in 00:34:31

COMPUTERImpact in 34.31.

In the
med-centre, a man, Korwin, is thrashing about in agony on a bed, by what looks
to be an MRI scanner, his eyes tight shut. A man, Ashton, and a woman, Abi, are
trying to restrain him.

KORWIN (In agony, between
spasms of pain) Argh! Stop it!

ABI (Struggling to
restrain him) Korwin! It’s Abi! Open your eyes, I
need to take a look at you!

McDONNELL (Pushing past
Ashton to the head of the bed) Don’t be so stupid,
that’s my husband!

ASHTONAnd he’s just
sabotaged our ship!

McDONNELL (Turning to face
Ashton) What?!

ASHTONHe went mad. He set
the ship to secure closure, then he set the heat pulse to melt the controls.

McDONNELLNo way! He wouldn’t
do that!

ASHTONI saw it happen,
Captain.

The Doctor has
finished scanning Korwin, and now tries to talk to him.

THE DOCTORKorwin? Korwin, open your eyes for me a second.

KORWIN (through the pain)
I can’t!

THE DOCTORYeah, course you can.
Go on.

KORWINDon’t make me look at
you! Please!!

The Doctor moves
down the bed again, and picks up a sedative dart gun off a tray

THE DOCTORAlright, alright,
alright. Just relax. (He holds the gun up to Abi.) Sedative?

ABIYes.

The Doctor
presses the gun up against Korwin’s neck, and administers the sedative. Korwin
gives one final shout, then falls silent and still. The Doctor replaces the gun
on the tray.

THE DOCTOR (Perching on the
bed and crossing his arms) Rising body
temperature, unusual energy readings… (He points to the MRI scanner, which is
actually a stasis chamber.)Stasis chamber. I do love a good stasis chamber.
Keep him sedated in there. Regulate the body temperature. (Abi looks at him
questioningly, but rushes to do what he says. Ashton also looks at him, out of
breath from the struggle or restraining Korwin.)And, just for fun, run a
bio-scan and tissue profile on a metabolic detail.

ABI (looking around
from what she is doing)Just doing them now.

THE DOCTOROh, you’re good.
Anyone else presenting these symptoms?

ABINot so far.

THE DOCTORWell, that’s
something.

McDonnell is
continuing to stand by Korwin’s bed, looking down on him

McDONNELLWill someone tell me
what is the matter with him?!

THE DOCTORSome sort of
infection. We’ll know more after the test results. Now, Allons-y, back
downstairs. Ay! See about those engines. Go. (Ashton makes to leave.
McDonnell remains static) Ay! Go. (She too leaves, reluctantly. To Abi)
Call us if there’s news! (He begins to run out of the med-centre) Any
questions?

ABI (scoffing)
Yeah. Who are you?

THE DOCTOR(sticking his head
back through the plastic curtains at the door) I’m
the Doctor!

The Doctor runs
out, following McDonnell and Ashton, leaving Abi alone in the med-centre. She
turns to runs some more tests, not looking at Korwin. As she does so, in the
stasis chamber, Korwin’s hands twitch.

We see the
spaceship hurtling towards the sun. The voice of the computer gives a status
report

COMPUTERHeat shields failing.
At twenty-five percent. (We return to the countdown screen, which now reads
00:32:50) Impact in 32.50.

Martha and Riley
are at the first locked door. Riley is typing something on a keypad. He turns to
Martha, who is stood by the locked door, looking bored

MARTHA(sounding bored)
Hurry up, will you?

RILEYAlright. (He
finishes typing) Fix the clamp on!

Martha lifts the
clamp, and attaches it firmly to the door, and holds it there. She turns to see
Riley typing more

MARTHAWhat are you typing?

RILEYEach door’s trip code
is the answer to a random question set by the crew. Nine tours back, we got
drunk, thought ‘em up. Reckoning was if we’re hijacked, we’re the only ones who
know all the answers.

MARTHASo you type in the
right answer…

RILEY (tapping the
backpack that he bought along)This, sends an
unlock pulse to the clamp. But we only get one chance per door. Get it wrong,
the whole system freezes.

MARTHABetter not get it
wrong then.

RILEY(sounding slightly
excited) OK. (He shifts over to a readout
screen, where the first question is appearing. As it does so, he reads it out.)Date of SS Pentallian’s first flight? That’s alright! (He types in the
answer to the question, and yells to Martha)Go!

Martha presses
the ‘trigger’ on the clamp, it beeps a few times, the lights on the top of the
clamp turn green, and the door opens.

MARTHAYes!

RILEY (Running for the
door) Only twenty-eight more to go!

They both run
through the door, and on to the next one.

The Doctor is
talking into the intercom to Abi in the med-centre, who is looking at x-rays and
bio-scans, looking very confused.

THE DOCTORAbi, how’s Korwin
doing? Any results from the bio-scan?

ABIHe’s under heavy
sedation. I’m just trying to make sense of this data. Give me a couple of
minutes and I’ll let you know.

Behind her,
Korwin moves both his head and his arms.

Martha and Riley
are running down a corridor, when the come to another sealed door. The Doctor
now calls them over the intercom

THE DOCTORMartha? Riley? How’re
you doing?

MARTHAArea twenty-nine, at
the door to twenty-eight!

THE DOCTOR(putting his
glasses on, and staring at the readout above the comm. station.)
You’ve gotta move faster!

MARTHAWe’re doing our best!

The next question
appears on Riley’s readout. Once again, he reads the question aloud

RILEYFind the next number
in the sequence: 313, 331, 367… what?

MARTHA (scared)
You said the crew knew all the answers.

RILEYThe crew’s changed
since we set the questions.

MARTHAYou’re joking…

Back in the
engine room, the Doctor has been working and listening in. He runs over to the
intercom

THE DOCTOR379!

MARTHAWhat?!

THE DOCTORIt’s a sequence of
happy primes. 379.

MARTHAHappy what?

THE DOCTORJust enter it!

RILEYAre you sure? We only
get one chance!

THE DOCTOR(slightly annoyed
now, speaking at his trademark 100mph) Any number
which reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and you
continue iterating until it yields one is a happy number. Any number that
doesn’t, isn’t. A happy prime is a number which is both happy and prime, now type
it in! (Turns to McDonnell, who is climbing down a ladder. She gives him a
dirty look.) I dunno, talk about dumbing down! Don’t they teach recreational
mathematics any more?

Riley types in
the answer the Doctor has given him. There is a slight build up, the lights on
the clamp turn green, and the door opens.

MARTHAWe’re through!

THE DOCTOR(over the
intercom) Keep moving. Fast as you can.(switch
so we can see the Doctor take off his glasses. Quietly and sensitively) And,
Martha, be careful. There may be something else on board this ship.

RILEY (Putting his head
in his hands, sounding downtrodden)Oh, this is a
nightmare! (Reading off the screen) Classical music. Who had the most
pre-download number ones, (Pronouncing both names wrong)Elvis Presley or The Beatles? How’re we supposed to know that?

The Doctor is
looking at a piece of broken equipment, with the remaining crew stood around,
watching him

THE DOCTORWe need a backup in
case they don’t reach the auxiliary engines in time. Come on! Think! Resources,
what have we got?!

Martha’s voice
comes over the intercom

MARTHADoctor?

THE DOCTORWhat is it now?

MARTHAWho had the most
number ones, Elvis, or the Beatles. That’s pre-download.

THE DOCTOR (confidently)
Elvis. No! The Beatles! No! Wait! Um… um… (He
looks in physical pain, and begins to slap the back of his head) Argh! What
was that remix? Um… I don’t know! I am a bit busy!

MARTHA (Sounding put out)
Fine. I’ll ask someone else!

THE DOCTORNow, where was I?
Here comes the sun. No, resources. So, the power’s still working, the
generator’s going. If we can harness that.. ah!

Hearing a bang
from behind her, Abi looks up to the convex mirror above her head. In it, she
sees that Korwin is up and about, even though he is meant to be under heavy
sedation. She looks round, and sure enough, Korwin is standing there, his eyes
tight shut.

In the
med-centre, Korwin is still advancing. Abi is now backed up against a wall.

KORWINBurn with me.

ABI(Really
frightened)K... Korwin, you’re sick…

Riley is typing
in the answer to the question, when, in the med-centre, Korwin’s voice takes on
an even more menacing tone

KORWINBurn. With. Me!

His eyes open,
revealing a blinding white light where his eyes should be. Abi squints at this
powerful light source. In the corridor, Martha and Riley have made it though the
door, and are now running for the next one. Martha is still on the phone to her
mum

MARTHAMum, you’re a star!

FRANCINENow, we need to have
a serious…

Before the
audience can hear her finish her sentence, we are taken back to the med-centre,
where Abi is screaming at the brightness from Korwin’s eyes. Over the intercom,
Martha and Riley hear this, and stop in their tracks. Even Francine hears it
over the phone.

FRANCINEWhat was that?

MARTHA(shaken) I’ve gotta go.

She puts the
phone down. At the other end, Francine does the same, looking shocked. Korwin is
now putting on a heavy duty space helmet, and begins to breathe in a Darth Vader
like way. He shuts the protective lenses over his eyes. Martha and Riley have
made it to a comm. station, where they are getting in contact with the Doctor

They do so.
Martha runs to attach the clamp to the next door. The countdown appears again,
now displaying 00:27:06

COMPUTERImpact in 27.06.

The Doctor and
McDonnell burst through the plastic sheeting that acts as a door to the
med-centre. Scannell is already there, looking round. They all notice the bed
where Korwin was is now empty

McDONNELL (Slightly shaken)
Korwin’s gone…

Scannell turns
around, and stops in his tracks

SCANNELLOh my God…

Both the Doctor
and McDonnell turn to look in the same direction, and see what Scannell has
spotted – a charred, black shape on a wall, in the shape of a person with one
hand in the air. They realise that this charred shape was once Abi. The Doctor
walks towards it.

SCANNELLTell me that’s not
Lerner.

THE DOCTOR (Running his
fingers round the outline of the shape)
Endothermic vaporisation. I’ve never seen one this ferocious. (He looks
distant) Burn with me.

THE DOCTORWhere’s the ship
been? Have you made planet-fall recently? (McDonnell looks blank) Docked
with any other vessels? Any kind of external contact at all?

McDONNELLWhat is this? An
interrogation?!

THE DOCTORWe’ve got to stop him
before he kills again.

McDONNELLWe’re just… a cargo
ship.

She turns away
from the Doctor, looking distraught. Scannell tries to comfort her

SCANNELLDoctor, if you give
her a minute…

The Doctor looks
on, as Scannell faces McDonnell

McDONNELL (Recovering
quickly) I’m fine. I need to warn the crew. (As
the Doctor continues to puzzle over the bioscan results, McDonnell walks over to
the intercom.) Everybody listen to me! (The rest of the crew, including
Riley and Martha, hears her, stops what they are doing, and looks up.)
Something has infected Korwin. We think… (As she pauses, the Doctor looks at
her)He killed Abi Lerner. None of you must go anywhere near him, is that
clear?

Outside
engineering, Erina is searching through a storage cupboard for parts. While she
is doing this, we hear Ashton’s voice over the intercom.

ASHTONUnderstood Captain.
(We see him press a button on the comm. station, to change channels)
Erina? Get back here with that equipment.

Looking annoyed,
Erina grabs a control box, which has 4 buttons on it; ‘Eng’, ‘Aux’, ‘All’ and
‘Mute’. She presses the mute button with contempt, and continues to look though
the cupboard

McDONNELLI know every inch of
this ship. I know every detail of my crew’s lives. There is nothing.

The Doctor stares
at her harshly

THE DOCTORThen why is this
thing so interested in you?

McDONNELL (shaking her head slightly)
I wish I knew…

Riley and Martha
have now made it to the door to area 17. They manage to open the door, burst
through it, and run for the next one. Martha knows what to do now, and so,
without being asked, she goes to the door and holds the clamp up to it. In
engineering, Ashton is continuing to fix bits and pieces to the engine.

MARTHA (Over the intercom)Doctor, we’re through to area 17.

THE DOCTORKeep going. you’ve got to get to area one and
reboot those engines.

Suddenly, Ashton
hears a loud bang, and another, and another. He looks out from where he is
working to see a pair of feet walking towards him. He takes little notice, and
goes back to working.

ASHTONYou got those tools,
Erina? ‘Cause I… woah!

Ashton is
suddenly yanked forward, and out from under the engine. he looks directly
upward, to see Korwin stood above him. Korwin reaches out grabs him by the
collar, and pulls him up.

ASHTON(While still in
Korwin’s grip) Korwin… it’s me. We’re mates!

KORWINThey are getting too
far. We must share the light.

Korwin moves his
hands up to either side of Ashton’s face. Ashton looks is an enormous amount of
pain, and it soon becomes apparent why. Underneath where Korwin’s hands are,
Ashton’s face begins to smoulder and smoke, as if he I being burned. Ashton
screams.

Outside the
spaceship, the sun is getting ever closer.

COMPUTERHeat shield failing.
At twenty percent.

Riley is having
trouble getting the latest computer terminal to work

RILEY (Hitting the
terminal) Come on! (To Martha, who has stopped
to see what’s wrong)Everything on this ship is so cheap!(They both
hear a bang, and look in the direction it came from) Who’s there?!

The banging
continues, so they both down tools, and go to investigate. As they get closer to
the door, through the smoke, they can make out a figure.

MARTHA(quietly, scared)Is that Korwin?

RILEYNo, wait a minute…
(The figure comes forward, and he is wearing the same space helmet as Korwin.
However, Riley recognises him.) Oh, Ashton, what’re you doing?

ASHTON(In a similar,
deeper voice to Korwin) Burn with me.

RILEYWell, if you wanna
help…

ASHTONBurn with me! Burn with me!

Ashton's hand moves
up, to remove the eye shield. Riley and Martha realise that Ashton has been
possessed.

MARTHA(slapping the
button that opens a nearby door) Move! (As it
begins to slide open, Martha squeezes through the gap)Come on!

She enters a
small room, and cowers in the far corner. Riley follows her, and, next to them,
punches the keypad that will once again close the door. The door begins to slide
shut. Once the door is fully closed, Riley and Martha heave a sigh of relief.
However, they quickly see Ashton’s helmet through the porthole, and he begins to
pound on the door. Riley presses another combination on the keypad that opens a
hatch next to them; an escape pod. They climb inside, and shut the door.

RILEYWhat is happening on
this ship?!

MARTHANever mind that.
Where are we?

Before Riley can
answer, the computer’s voice makes an announcement

COMPUTERAirlock sealed. Jettison escape pod.

Martha, still
unsure of where they are, questions Riley, angrily and full of fright.

MARTHAThat doesn’t mean us?
(Realising that it does, and seeing Riley lunge for the internal keypad, she
screams at the top of her lungs.)Doctor!!!!!!

COMPUTERPod jettison
initiated.

Riley is
frantically typing on the keypad inside the pod. Outside the airlock, Ashton
stands, watching. The small screen by the keypad shows the status of the pod –
‘Jettison initiated.’ Martha tries the small comm. unit, next to where Riley is
working.

MARTHADoctor! We’re stuck
in an escape pod off the area seventeen airlock. (The Doctor, running down a
corridor, hears Martha’s voice, and stops in his tracks.)One of the crew’s
trying to jettison us! You’ve gotta help us! (To Riley, breathing heavily)
Tell me you can stop it.

In engineering,
the Doctor is looking at something. McDonnell and Scannell are watching him.

McDONNELLWhy is this
happening?

THE DOCTOR(Taking his
glasses off) Stay here! I mean it this time! (As he runs off)Jump start those engines!

McDonnell and
Scannell start to walk towards the engines. Through the smoke, they see the
ominous charred shape on a wall. They slowly begin to realise…

McDONNELLIt’s picking us off…
one, by one.

In the escape
pod, Riley is still frantically trying to reverse the jettisoning process.

COMPUTERJettison held.

Both Riley and
Martha heave a sigh of relief

RILEYThank you…

However, on the
outside, Ashton uses his keypad to restart the process.

COMPUTERJettison reactivated.

Martha screams
and begins to hit the door wildly. Behind her, Riley once again starts tapping
wildly on the keypad.

RILEY<Come on… (Ashton
is now entering something else into his keypad. It is becoming a race of who can
type the fastest. The Doctor is haring down through the corridor, to try and
reach Martha in time. Inside the pod, Riley comes up with an idea.)
Geovinsci sequence. This’ll get him.

As Ashton
continues to try and jettison the pod, the screen readout changes.

COMPUTERJettison held.
Escape pod stabilised.

Both Riley and
Martha breathe a sigh of relief.

MARTHA
(quietly)You’re pretty good.

However, outside
the airlock, Ashton is once again typing something into the keypad

McDonnell and
Scannell run back into engineering, looking for Ashton

McDONNELLAshton!

When they draw
level with the broken equipment, they realise that Ashton isn’t there.

SCANNELLSomeone’s hacked into
the systems. I can’t reroute the generators! There’s no way I’m gonna be able to
jump-start this ship! (In a fit of rage, he swiftly gives the equipment a
good kick. He turns, and begins to run in the direction he and McDonnell came
from.)Who the hell did that?!

McDonnell, trying
to stay calm, turns away from him. But, through the smoke strides a figure. A
figure in a space helmet…

McDONNELLKorwin? (She
begins to back away as Korwin advances) What are you? Why are you killing my
crew?! (Korwin’s hand goes to open the protective visor) How could you do
this? What have you done to my husband?! (Korwin stops. Sounding slightly
surprised) You recognise me. Korwin! You know me. (Korwin’s hand leaves
the visor. McDonnell starts to tear.) It’s Kath! Your wife!

KORWINMy wife?

McDONNELLThat’s right! You’re
still in there! I’m your wife!

KORWINIt’s your fault.

McDonnell’s face
falls. She begins to back away.

The Doctor is
running at full pelt, to try and get to Martha on time. In the escape pod, Riley
is tapping to keypad, but outside, just as quickly, Ashton is following suit.
Suddenly, the Doctor appears through the door from area 17.

THE DOCTORThat’s enough! (Ashton turns to look at the
Doctor.) What do you want? Why this ship? Tell me!

Rather than
answer him, Ashton turns, and puts his fist through the keypad. Inside the pod,
a series of sirens begin to sound, and the computer gives a warning.

COMPUTERJettison activated.

RILEY(Numb to their
peril) He’s smashed the circuit. I can’t stop it.
(Suddenly beginning to panic) I can’t stop it!

McDonnell is
still backing away from Korwin. Behind her, Scannell is standing and watching.

McDONNELLWhat do you mean,
it’s my fault?

KORWINIt’s your fault. Now
burn with me!

He lifts his hand
to his visor once again, but suddenly, a jet of steam engulfs Korwin from above.
He screams. McDonnell looks round to see Scannell turning a pressure gauge
wheel, which is causing the steam.

McDONNELLWhat are you doing?!

SCANNELLFreezing him! Ice
vents!

McDONNELLYou’ll kill him!

Back in area 17,
the Doctor and Ashton are still at a stand-off, while the pod is preparing to
jettison.

THE DOCTORCome on. Let’s see
you. (Ashton advances on the Doctor, until they are almost nose to nose.)
I wanna know what you really are…

Ashton lifts his
hand to his visor… In engineering, Korwin is still being frozen by the ice jets,
still screaming. Suddenly, he falls to his knees. Ashton, at exactly the same
moment, is overcome, doubles up and backs away from the Doctor. However, this
only lasts a few seconds, before he stands upright again, and once again, heads
straight for the Doctor. We are aware that the pod is getting closer and closer
to jettisoning.

COMPUTERAirlock sealed.

However, instead
of resuming his attack on the Doctor, Ashton jostles past him, and heads out of
area 17. The Doctor skids over to the nearest comm. unit.

THE DOCTORMcDonnell! Ashton’s heading in your direction!
(McDonnell and Scannell, kneeling over Korwin’s body, hear the Doctor over the
intercom)He’s been infected, just like Korwin!

The Doctor looks
up, and realises that Martha is still inside. He skids over to the airlock door,
where he can see Martha, just a few feet away, tapping on the glass, and calling
his name, although he can hear nothing.

MARTHADoctor!

THE DOCTORI’ll save you!

Inside the pod,
Riley is resigned to his fate

RILEYMartha, it’s too
late.

Martha ignores
him, and continues to shout and tap on the window.

MARTHADoctor!

THE DOCTORI’ll save you!

MARTHAI can’t hear you!

As the pod
disengages, Martha sees the Doctor mouth the words ‘I’ll save you!’ over and
over, as he gets smaller and smaller. Martha looks distraught. The pod slowly
moves out into space, and towards the sun.

MARTHA (very quietly) Coward.

Although a sombre
moment, the computer reminds everyone that this is a race against time

COMPUTERImpact in 17.05.

McDonnell is
still knelt by Korwin. Scannell stands above her, then crouches.

SCANNELLWhat did he mean,
your fault? (She doesn’t answer. Instead, she reaches out to stroke Korwin’s
face, but, before she can make contact, Scannell pushes her hand away.)What
are you doing? Don’t touch him, he’s infected. You don’t know how it spreads.

McDonnell looks
up at Scannell, a dark look in her eyes.

McDONNELLYou murdered him!

SCANNELLHe was about to kill
you!

McDONNELLHe recognised me!

SCANNELLYou heard the Doctor.
It… it isn’t Korwin anymore.

McDONNELLThe Doctor doesn’t
know! None of us knows!

SCANNELLSo what are you gonna
do? Stay there until we burn?! Cause without you… none of us stand a chance of
getting out of here.

Suddenly, the
mood is broken by the Doctor’s voice, barking over the intercom.

THE DOCTORScannell! I need a
spacesuit in area 17, now!

SCANNELLWhat for?

In area 17, the
Doctor is crouched by the comm. unit, looking and sounding incredibly angry and
frustrated

THE DOCTOR
(yelling at the top of his voice)Just get down here!!!

He stands
upright, and stalks over to the airlock door. In engineering, Scannell looks
unsure of what to do.

McDONNELLWell go on! Do what
he says!

SCANNELLAshton’s still out
there.

McDONNELLI’ll deal with him.

Scannell gets up
and walks off, leaving McDonnell with Korwin.

Inside the escape
pod, still falling towards the sun, Martha and Riley seem incredibly calm. They
are both looking out of the porthole, out at space.

RILEYThe wonderful world
of space travel. The prettier it looks, the more likely it is to kill you.

MARTHAHe’ll come for us.

RILEY(shaking his head)Nah, it’s too late.
Out heat shields will pack in any minute, then we go into free fall. We’ll fall
into the sun way before he has a chance to do anything.

MARTHAYou don’t know the
Doctor. I believe in him.

RILEYThen you’re lucky.
I’ve never found anyone worth believing in.

Martha turns to
face him

MARTHANo girlfriend?
Boyfriend?

RILEYThe job doesn’t lend
itself to stable relationships.

MARTHAFamily then?

RILEYMy dad’s dead. And I
haven’t seen my mum in… six years. She didn’t want me to sign up for cargo
tours. Things were said, and since then… all silent. She wanted to hold on to
me, I know that. She’s so stubborn!

MARTHA (Slightly upset, with a quiver in her voice)Yeah well, that’s family.

RILEYWhat about you?

MARTHAFull works. Mum, dad.
Dad’s girlfriend. Brother, sister. No silence there. So much noise. Oh god! (Tears begin to fall, as she realises.) They’ll never know! I… I’ll just
have disappeared. And they’ll always be waiting.

RILEYCall them.

Martha looks at
him, slightly stunned

Ashton is still
heading towards engineering. He steps through the door of area 30, stops, turns,
and heads up a flight of metal stairs. At the top of the stairs stands
McDonnell. As Ashton heads up, she turns, and walks away. Ashton follows her.
She has gone back into the medical suite. As Ashton walk though the plastic, he
pauses, and looks at the stasis chamber that originally held Korwin. As he
begins to walk forward, McDonnell jumps from nowhere and punched him in the
stomach. He doubles over, winded, and she begins to wrestle him towards the
stasis chamber. As she gets him led on the bed, her arms flail, trying to find
the switch that activates the chamber. She finds it, and continues to hold
Ashton down until the chamber has done its work. She bends over, exhausted but
relieved.

In area 17, the
Doctor is now dressed in a space suit, similar to the one we saw him in, in ‘The
Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit’. Scannell is trying to talk him out of
whatever he has planned.

SCANNELLYou wanna open an
airlock in flight on a ship spinning into the sun. No-one can survive that!

THE DOCTOROh, just you watch.

SCANNELLYou open that
airlock, it's suicide. This close to the sun, the shields will barely protect
you.

THE DOCTORIf I can breach the
magnetic lock on the ship’s exterior, it should remagnetise the pod. Now, while
I’m out there, you have got to get the rest of those doors open. We need
those auxiliary engines.

SCANNELLDoctor, will you
listen! They’re too far away, it’s too late!

THE DOCTORI’m not gonna lose
her.

The Doctor
completes his outfit by putting his helmet on. He walks past Scannell to the
airlock door, which slides open. He walks inside, looking intense. Out of the
window in the exterior door, the sun blazes.

COMPUTERDecompression,
initiating. (We hear the air begin to be removed from the atmosphere around
the Doctor. The computer gives another time warning.)Impact in 12. 55.

Back in 2007,
Francine Jones’ mobile rings once again. She picks it up off of the sideboard,
and answers.

FRANCINE
(recognising Martha’s number)Hello.

MARTHA
(From the pod)Me again. Sorry about
earlier.

FRANCINEIs everything
alright?

MARTHAYeah. Course.

FRANCINEMartha?

MARTHAMum, I… you know I
love you, don’t you?

FRANCINECourse I do. What’s
bought this on?

MARTHAI never say it. Never
get the time. I never think of it, and I… (Her voice breaks)I really
love you. Tell dad, Leo and Tish that I love them.

It is only now
that we see that Francine isn’t alone. A sinister blonde woman is sat at the
table behind her, with earphones in, listening to every word Martha says.

FRANCINEMartha, what’s wrong?

MARTHANothing. Promise.

FRANCINEWhere are you?

MARTHAJust out.

FRANCINEWith anyone nice?

MARTHASome mates.

FRANCINEWhat mates?

MARTHA(with a slight
pause) Mum, can we not just talk?

FRANCINEOf course. What do
you want to talk about?

MARTHAI dunno, anything!
What you had for breakfast. What you watched on telly last night. How much
you’re gonna kill Dad next time you see him. Anything.

She hangs up. On
the other end, Francine sighs, looking disappointed, while the sinister woman
looks on. In the pod, Martha is so upset, she turns to Riley, and he envelops
her in a hug, and kisses her forehead.

The Doctor
presses a button on a keypad, which opens the exterior door. He recoils slightly
from the heat and brightness of the sun, but soon recovers, grabs hold of the
frame, and, battling against the vacuum, begins to clamber out onto the outer
hull of the ship. He is almost swept away a couple of times, before he gets
himself in the right position, and swings his hand out to try and reach a column
of buttons, just to the right of the airlock. He hisses first time, but
continues to stretch out, trying to get there.

THE DOCTOR(In anger and desperation, through gritted
teeth.) Come on!!! (He manages press the right
button, and exclaims)Go on my son!

He still has more
work to do, and now tries to reach the box just to the right of the buttons.
Scannell’s voice suddenly comes over his personal comm.

SCANNELLDoctor! How’re you
doing?

THE DOCTOR(Stretching as far
as he can to reach the handle that will open the box.)
I can’t! I can’t reach! (Beginning to become overwhelmed
by everything)I don’t know how much longer I can last!

SCANNELLCome on! Don’t give
up now!

These words seem
to boost the Doctor, and he continues to stretch, until he finally manages to
grab the handle and yank the cover off of the box. Inside is a lever, that with
a scream of pain and strength, the Doctor grabs hold of, and tries with all his
might to pull down, and does. Inside the pod, Martha and Riley are knocked
backwards with an invisible force, and the display shows the single word
‘Remagnetising’

RILEYWe’re being pulled
back!

MARTHA(knowing exactly
who made it happen) I told you! (She half
laughs, half screams)It’s the Doctor!

As the Doctor
struggles back inside the airlock, the pod slowly but sure heads back to its
docking point, with Martha and Riley looking excitedly out of the porthole. The
Doctor, even though he is now inside, clambers to his knees, so his can see over
the bottom lip of the airlock, and out to the sun. He looks confused and
frightened, as the light reflects intensely off his helmet, and seeing the
swirling molten surface.

Back inside the
spaceship, Scannell and McDonnell are doing what the Doctor said, and continuing
to open the doors. They have now reached area 10. Before Scannell reaches the
door, he calls over the intercom.

SCANNELLDoctor, close the
airlock now! (To McDonnell, running through the door.) That pod’s gonna
smash into him!

McDONNELL(Giving him the
clamp)Stay here!

She runs back the
way she came, towards area 17 and the Doctor. The computer gives another
countdown warning

COMPUTERImpact in. 8. 57.
(In the airlock, the Doctor removes his helmet. He seems to be in a lot of pain,
on his knees with his eyes clamped tight shut.)Airlock recompression
completed.

The Doctor
literally falls out of the airlock back into the corridor of the spaceship,
still on his knees. Martha and Riley clamber out of the escape pod, and run to
the Doctor, who is now writhing with pain on the floor.

MARTHADoctor! Doctor! (As she reaches the Doctor, she realises that something is wrong. She crouches
beside him.)Are you OK?

Martha flips the
Doctor onto his back, so he can sit up. However, as she does so, the Doctor
opens his eyes, and reveals that whatever infected Korwin and Ashton now has got
him too.

THE DOCTOR(Trying to fight
whatever it is that has him, sounding angry.) Stay
away from me!

He closes his
eyes again, and continues to writhe with pain. Martha quickly does what he says,
and backs away. Behind them, McDonnell appears.

McDONNELLWhat’s happened?

THE DOCTOR(Still in his normal voice, rather than the
strange deep voice seen in Korwin and Ashton)It’s
your fault, Captain McDonnell!

McDONNELL(Looking shocked,
but quickly regaining composure. Pointing away from them)
Riley! Get down to area 10 and help Scannell with the doors. Go!

Riley does as she
says.

THE DOCTOR(Shouting)
You mined that sun! Stripped its surface for cheap fuel! You should have scanned for life!

McDONNELLI don’t understand.

MARTHADoctor, what are you
talking about?!

THE DOCTOR(Trying to fight the pain)
That sun is alive! A living organism! They scooped out its
heart, used it for fuel, and now it’s screaming!

McDONNELL(panicking)
What do you mean? How can a sun be alive? Why’s he saying
that?!

THE DOCTORBecause it’s living in me.

McDONNELL(realising what
she has done) Oh my god…

THE DOCTOR(really angry now)
Humans! You grab whatever’s nearest and bleed it
dry! (Screaming in agony and anguish) You should have scanned!

THE DOCTOR(Still crying out
in pain) You’ve got to freeze me, quickly!

MARTHA(rushing back to
his side) What?!

THE DOCTORStasis chamber! You
gotta keep me… below minus 200. Freeze it out of me!!!! (He screams again.
Martha looks at McDonnell in disgust. Rather than anguish, the Doctor now sounds
and looks scared.) It’ll use me to kill you if you don’t! The closer we get
to the sun, the stronger (almost overcome) it gets! Med-centre! Quickly!
Quickly!

In engineering,
Korwin’s body is still led there. However, all is not as it seems. Korwin’s hand
once again begins to twitch, as he comes round from the freezing process. His
arm moves down towards the discarded helmet. He begins to slide it across the
floor…

Riley sprints
into area 10, finally catching up with Scannell. Scannell quickly throws him a
component of the unlocking system, and they get to work.

SCANNELLWhat’s your favourite
colour?!

RILEYYou what?

SCANNELLIt’s the question!

RILEYPurple! (Running
to the door, and placing the clamp onto it. Scannell begins to tap in the
answer. Turning suddenly.) Or did I say orange?

SCANNELL(angrily) Come on!

Martha and
McDonnell are still taking the Doctor to the med-centre. As they break through
the plastic, he screams. Martha runs forward to the stasis chamber, and grabs
the instruction manual.

McDONNELLNo, you don’t know
how this equipment works! You’ll kill him! Nobody can survive those
temperatures!

MARTHAHe’s not human! If he
says he can survive, then he can.

McDONNELLLet me help you then!

MARTHA(angrily and full
of hate) You’ve done enough damage.

Martha goes back
to working out how the chamber works.

THE DOCTORTen seconds. That’s
all I’ll be able to take. No more! (He screams.) Martha!

MARTHAYeah?

THE DOCTOR(He gurgles and
retches)It’s burning me up. I can’t control it.
If you don’t get rid of it, (Darkly, as if the presence of the sun is
breaking through) I could kill you. I could kill you all. (The Doctor
seems to break back through as he screams, however, now he sounds like a child,
genuinely frightened.) I’m scared! I’m so scared!

MARTHAJust… stay calm. You
saved me, now I return the favour. Just… just believe in me.

THE DOCTORIt’s bloody killing
me! Then what’ll happen?!

MARTHA(Trying to soothe
him)That’s enough! I’ve got you!

THE DOCTORThere’s this process.
This… this thing… that happens… if I’m about to die.

MARTHAShhh… quiet now.
Cause that is not gonna happen. You ready?

THE DOCTORNo!

Looking upset,
Martha leaves his side, and pushes the lever that slides the Doctor back into
the stasis chamber. She types in ‘200’, and presses the button to start the
process. Inside, the Doctor screams continuously. Martha watches as the readout
shows the temperature inside the machine rapidly dropping.

As the spaceship
continues to fall towards the sun, the computer speaks once again.

COMPUTERHeat shields failing.
At five percent.

In engineering,
Korwin is fully recovered. Through the smoke, we see him stand. He looks over to
a readout on the wall. A light comes on with a ‘ping’. It reads ‘Power drain
Med-centre. Stasis chamber active. Korwin walks over to a wall, and pulls a
lever on a box. A single word changes on the readout. ‘Active’ becomes
‘Inactive.’

In the
med-centre, the stasis chamber hits minus 70 degrees, but then shuts off. The
Doctor is still whimpering in the background. Martha and McDonnell look shocked.
Inside the stasis chamber, the Doctor is covered in ice crystals.

THE DOCTORNo! Martha you can’t
stop it! Not yet!

MARTHAWhat’s happened?!

McDONNELLPower’s been cut in
engineering.

MARTHABut who’s down there?

McDONNELL(knowing very well
what the answer is) Leave it to me.

Martha watches as
McDonnell runs from the room. Behind her, the Doctor lets out another round of
screams. he computer continues to count down.

COMPUTERImpact in 4.47.

Scannell and
Riley have made it to area 4. They sprint through the door, and straight over to
the next one. Scannell deals with the backpack, while Riley holds the clamp to
the door.

SCANNELLReckon we’ll do it in
time?

Riley looks on,
with a resigned look on his face.

In the
med-centre, Martha is still trying to get the stasis chamber working again.

MARTHACome on! You’re
defrosting.

Inside the stasis
chamber, we can see that all of the ice crystals are gone from the Doctor’s
body. He cries out in pain once again.

THE DOCTORGet to the front!
Vent the engines! Sun particles in the fuel! Get rid of them!

MARTHAI am not leaving you!

THE DOCTORYou’ve got to! Give
back what they took!

MARTHADoctor!

THE DOCTOR(screaming)
Please! Go!!!

MARTHA(doing as he says)
I’ll be back for you.

The countdown
screen appears again.

COMPUTERImpact in 4.08.

As McDonnell
enters engineering, Korwin steps out to black her path.

McDONNELL(eyeing the lever
she needs to get to) You were right. It was my
fault.

She goes to grab
the lever, but Korwin reaches out, and she stops. He goes to open his visor, but
before he can, McDonnell runs. The countdown screen shows itself.

COMPUTER

Impact in 3.43.

Martha is running
to try and get to the front of the ship in time. She passes through area 21, and
continues.

Korwin is also
stalking the corridors of the ship, looking for McDonnell. She is hidden in a
corner, which we soon see is inside the airlock where the drama took place
earlier. Korwin reaches the interior airlock door, and looks through the
porthole, only to see the sun out of the exterior hatch. Korwin opens the
interior door, and walks inside. He looks down, and sees McDonnell crouched in
her corner. Slowly, she stands.

McDONNELL(walking towards
the exterior hatch.) I didn’t know. I really
didn’t know. (Korwin begins to advance on her. She puts out her hand to try
and stop him.) Korwin, please stop.

She is now stood
right in front of the exterior hatch.

KORWINEveryone. Must. Burn!

McDonnell reaches
out, and presses the button that first closes the interior door, and then
presses the comm. button.

McDONNELLRiley, Scannell. I’m
sorry.

Hearing their
names, the two boys rush over to a comm. unit.

SCANNELLMcDonnell!
McDonnell!!

Korwin looks at
McDonnell, who presses the ‘big red button’ that opens the exterior hatch. She
puts her hands on Korwin’s helmet, and moves in close.

McDONNELL(whispering)
I love you.

Entwined in each
others’ embrace, McDonnell and Korwin are dragged out into space, and fall
towards the sun. The computer gives a message.

COMPUTERExterior airlock
opened.

Scannell and
Riley look at one another, realising what McDonnell has done.

RILEYIt’s the last door.
We’ve gotta keep going!

He rushes back
over to the sealed door. The computer gives another time update.

COMPUTERImpact in 2.17.

In the
med-centre, the Doctor falls out of the stasis chamber. Meanwhile, Martha is
still running towards the front of the ship. The Doctor is still fighting the
sun inside him, and is thrown over the controls of the stasis chamber, before
being hurled back onto the floor by an invisible force. He is still crying out
in pain, while trying to pull himself upright. The computer gives a warning.

COMPUTERSurvival element
protection (?). Zero percent.

As Martha enters
area 4, the Doctor, now out of the med-centre, crawls along the floor in an
attempt to follow her.

THE DOCTORMartha!

Martha stops when
she hears him

MARTHADoctor! What are you
doing?

The Doctor has
stopped crawling, and with his last reserves of energy.

THE DOCTORI can’t fight it.
Give it back or… (But it is too late. His eyes open, glowing with the heat of
the sun.)Burn with me. Burn with me, Martha!

Martha realises
that the Doctor has been taken over, and so continues running. The computer
warns that there is now less than 90 seconds before impact.

COMPUTERImpact in 1.21.

The Doctor
screams, glowing with the hue of the sun around him. Scannell and Riley hear
this over the intercom, but keep working, trying to get the last door open. They
finally succeed

RILEY(shouting as the
door swings open) Got it!

Both he and
Scannell run through the door into area 1. The computer is giving other warnings
about the state of the ship, but Riley and Scannell don’t hear them. They rush
over to two separate keypads, and type as fast as they can, trying to boot up
the auxiliary engines.

COMPUTER<Impact in 1.06.

Done with typing,
the two boys move over to a wall covered in switched, buttons, and controls.
They both begin frantically pulling, pressing, and realigning controls.

RILEY(looking at a
screen, expecting to see a positive result, but instead receives only static.)
It’s not working. Why’s it not working?!

Suddenly Martha
rounds the bend into area 1. She launches straight into giving them the Doctor’s
instructions.

MARTHAVent the engines.
Dump the fuel.

Both Riley and
Scannell look questioningly at her.

SCANNELLWhat?

MARTHASun particles in the
fuel. Get rid of them. (When neither one responds.) Do it. Now!!

The boys spring
into action. They head to two practically identical walls, and begin turning
dials, which in turn release the fuel.

MARTHACome on Doctor, hold
on.

Once all the
dials have been turned, one of the boys twists the ‘fuel dispersal’ dial, which
causes the ship to lurch, and for them all to be flung about. However, the
readout shows that the fuel is successfully leaking out of the bottom of the
ship. As Martha holds on, and the Doctor continues to scream, the ships fuel
falls back into the sun, causing the Doctor’s eyes to stop glowing. He turns
onto his back, his eyes returned to normal. However, he appears to still be in a
lot of pain. As more and more fuel is released, the lurching gets more and more
violent, until Martha is thrown from where she stands.

SCANNELLThere! How’re we
gonna fly?!

As the countdown
hits zero, the computer gives a final message.

COMPUTERImpact averted.
Impact averted.

Riley is
breathing heavily, led on the floor, having been thrown about. Martha, looking
around, pulls herself into a sitting position. Scannell pops up to his feet.
Riley can’t believe they are safe.

RILEYWe’re clear! We’ve
got just enough reserves.

With beaming
smiles, Scannell and Riley embrace. Martha smiles too for a few seconds, but
realises somebody is missing.

MARTHADoctor…

She turns and
runs from the scene to find him. As she runs towards him, the Doctor, looking
slightly worse for wear, pulls himself to his feet. When Martha reaches him, she
pulls him into a hug. He lifts her clean off the ground, weak as he is, and they
both share a giggle of happiness.

As the ship flies
through space, everything has returned to normal on the inside, apart form the
distinct lack of crew members. Riley and Scannell are stood, admiring the
TARDIS, while The Doctor and Martha walk round it, checking to see that she’s
OK.

SCANNELLThis is never your
ship!

THE DOCTORCompact! Eh! And
another good word, robust! Barely a scorch mark on her.

MARTHA(Concerned about
the boys) We can’t just leave them drifting with
no fuel.

RILEYWe’ve sent out an
official mayday. The authorities will pick us up soon enough.

SCANNELLThough how we explain
what happened…

THE DOCTOR(opening the door
to the TARDIS) Just tell them. That sun needs care
and protection, just like any other living thing.

Scannell nods.
The Doctor steps inside the TARDIS, and Martha makes to follow him, but before
she can do so, Riley grabs her arm.

Unsure of what to
do for a second, Martha decides, and launches herself onto Riley, and kisses
him. He is very pleasantly surprised. Scannell looks on.

MARTHA(Unsure of what to
say.) Well done. Very hot.

Riley gives a
little laugh. Martha steps into the TARDIS, and shuts the door. As she walks up
the ramp to the centre console, she is beaming.

MARTHASo! Didn’t really
need you in the end, did we?! (However, rather than his usual beaming self,
the Doctor looks sad and distant.)Sorry. How’re you doing?

Rather than
answer her, the Doctor becomes business like.

THE DOCTORNow! What do you say?
Ice skating on the mineral lakes of Cuhlhan (?). Fancy it?

Instead of
smiling, Martha looks disappointed, as she wishes the Doctor would open up to
her.

MARTHA
(Unenthusiastically) Whatever you like.

The Doctor looks
at her and realises.

THE DOCTORBy the way, you’ll be
needing this.

He pulls a TARDIS
key on a long chain out.

MARTHA(Unbelieving)
Really?!

THE DOCTORFrequent Flier’s
Privilege. (He slowly feeds it into her hand, and looks at her properly) Thank you.

MARTHADon’t mention it. (He gives her a weak smile, and continues to tinker with the TARDIS. Martha
realises something, and feels about for her mobile.)/font> Oh no! Mum!

The Doctor looks
at her as she dials. Francine picks up at the other end.

FRANCINEHello?

MARTHAMe again!

FRANCINE(Slightly
sarcastic) Three calls in one day.

MARTHASorry about earlier.
Over emotional, mad day!

FRANCINEWhat are you doing
tonight? Why don’t you come round? I’ll make something nice and we can catch up.

MARTHAYeah! Tonight. Do my
best. Um, just remind me, what day is it again?

FRANCINEElection day.

MARTHARight. Course. I’ll
be round for tea. Roughly.

FRANCINEAnd what about…

but she is
interrupted.

MARTHAAnyway, gotta go! See
you later! Love you!

Martha hangs up,
smiling. At the other end, Francine turns her phone off, looking slightly
annoyed. She turns around, and walks over to the table, where the sinister woman
is sat, putting her earphones away, flanked by two burly men in suits. Francine
hands her phone over to them, by dropping it in a clear plastic bag held by the
sinister woman.

FRANCINEThat’s all?

SINISTER WOMANFor now. Have you
voted?

FRANCINEOf course. Just don’t
expect me to tell you who for.

SINISTER WOMANThanks for all you’re
doing, Mrs Jones. Mister Saxon will be very grateful.

Francine eyes the
sinister woman and her two bodyguards as they get up and leave.

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